Kim Moo-sung
| Kim Moo-sung | |
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| 김무성 | |
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Kim Moo-sung at the Buddha's Birthday ceremony, 2015
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| Chairman of the Saenuri Party | |
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In office 14 July 2014 – 14 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Hwang Woo-yea |
| Succeeded by | Won Yoo-chul (acting) |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 24 April 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Jae-kyun |
| Constituency | Yeongdo District, Busan |
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In office 30 May 1996 – February 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Yoo Heung-soo |
| Succeeded by | Suh Yong-kyo |
| Constituency | Nam District, Busan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 September 1951 Busan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Citizenship | Korean |
| Political party | Saenuri Party |
| Alma mater | Hanyang University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Kim Moo-sung | |
| Hangul | 김무성 |
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| Hanja | 金武星 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Museong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Musŏng |
Kim Moo-sung (born 20 September 1951) is a South Korean politician. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hanyang University and is a member of the National Assembly, concurrently holding the post of Saenuri Party leader from 2014 to 2016. Kim is considered a potential candidate for the 2017 presidential. election. He announced that he would give up the presidential election and focus on impeaching current president Park who betrayed citizens of Korea and Saenuri party.
Kim graduated from Joongdong High School in Seoul in 1970. He graduated from Hanyang University in 1976, majoring in business administration. He also took courses on public policy in Korea University in 1999.
Kim received honorary doctorate degrees from the following institutions: Doctor of Policy from Pukyong National University (2003), Doctor of Public Administration from Korea Maritime and Ocean University (2006) and Honorary Doctor of Political Science from Dongguk University (2015).
Kim was first elected to the National Assembly representing the Nam District of Busan in 1996 as a member of the then-ruling New Korea Party. He was subsequently elected three more times from the same district and in 2008 was forced to run as an independent after losing renomination from his own party. He again failed to win renomination for the same constituency in 2012 and temporarily left politics between 2012 and 2013. He ran as the Saenuri Party candidate in a by-election held in Yeongdo District, Busan, and won his fifth term in the National Assembly in 2013. In 2014, he was elected leader of the ruling Saenuri Party. However, he resigned in April 2016 after the defeat of Saenuri Party in the National Assembly.
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